ANNERCH Y CYMRY
Book Description
Size 12mo, 14 x 9.5cm; xiv, 238pp
Bound in more recent green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, binding solid, original free endpapers, rear with period handwriting (see photos)
Former Liverpool library copy with ownership to binding and a few small stamps within.
Text in very good condition, toning commensurate with age.
Scarce title.
Dealer Notes
Ellis Pugh joined the society of friends aged 18, and in 1686 he, his family and many other Welsh people started on the long voyage to Pennsylvania. He settled as a farmer and continued his ministry.
Pugh left in manuscript Annerch y Cymru, which was the first book in Welsh published in America, and reprinted in London in 1782 and 1801 (THIS EDITION)
Pugh left in manuscript Annerch y Cymru, which was the first book in Welsh published in America, and reprinted in London in 1782 and 1801 (THIS EDITION)
Author
PUGH, Ellis, Quaker
Date
1801
Binding
Green Cloth
Publisher
Llundain: William Phillips
Illustrator
-
Condition
Very Good
Pages
xiv, 238pp
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